Days after Roblox announced the rollout of its global AI-powered age-verification system, the social gaming company is under fire from players, developers and child safety experts for disrupting the ...

Roblox is one of the most popular gaming platforms for kids, with millions of young gamers playing user-created games. It’s also been heavily criticized for its track record on child safety, and is ...

The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” symbol.

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs. This will place them into narrow age groups, restricting private chats ...

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Roblox’s latest safety update is reshaping how millions of users communicate — and not everyone is happy about it. After the platform began requiring AI-based age verification to unlock chat features, ...